Al Qaeda had planned major attacks in Pakistan: CIA
April 27th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 27 (IANS) Al Qaeda had planned to carry out major attacks in Pakistan, show documents that US Marine commandos took away from the residence of Osama bin Laden, ... Read more...
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Russian-made ammunition found in Osama’s home
March 16th, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 16 (IANS) Russian-made ammunition has been found in Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's high-walled compound in Abbottabad, a media report said Friday.The inquiry commission probing the US ... Read more...
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The spy who used ISI ‘Brylcreem’ to sway US (Washington Newsletter)
December 11th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) The exposure of yet another spy from Pakistan who used lots of "Brylcreem" (money) from "the library in Islamabad" (an ISI office) to peddle the Kashmiri ... Read more...
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Pakistan ties in a mess, admits US
December 10th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) US-Pakistani military-to-military relations "are a mess" after a NATO strike last month killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, said a top US military official as a think-tank rated ... Read more...
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Mullen confirms Zardari feared military coup
November 17th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) Mike Mullen, former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has confirmed the existence of a secret memo said to have been sent by ... Read more...
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Kayani, Mullen to meet in Spain
September 15th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) Pakistani Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen will meet in Spain on the sidelines ... Read more...
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Osama probe panel retraces US choppers’ route
September 14th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 14 (IANS) The Pakistani commission probing the American commando raid in Abbottabad to take out Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has flown over the likely route taken ... Read more...
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Pakistan denies it gave China access to US chopper debris
August 16th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Pakistan has denied a media report that it gave China access to the wreckage of the US stealth helicopter that crashed during a commando raid to ... Read more...
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Pakistan bars US embassy staff from entering Peshawar
July 25th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 25 (IANS) In an action that would further strain US-Pakistan relations after the killing of Osama bin Laden on its soil by American special forces in May, Islamabad ... Read more...
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US promises not to repeat Osama raid: Gilani
July 22nd, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says he has received US assurances that there will be no repeat of the unilateral commando raid that killed ... Read more...
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ISI ordered Shahzad’s killing: US officials
July 5th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency had ordered the killing of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad, a media report quoted US officials as saying.New classified intelligence shows ... Read more...
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Osama’s seized mobile phone shows links to ISI
June 24th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 24 (IANS/AKI) A mobile phone seized from Osama bin Laden's hideout contains evidence of contacts between Pakistan's intelligence agency and a militant group used by the Al-Qaeda ... Read more...
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Pakistan apex court judge to head Osama probe panel
June 21st, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Monday accepted the government's request to allow Justice Javed Iqbal to head the probe into former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's ... Read more...
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Pakistan tipped off militants, let them flee: US
June 19th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 19 (IANS) US officials have claimed that Pakistan tipped off militants at four bomb-building sites in its tribal areas, allowing the terrorists to flee, after Americans shared intelligence ... Read more...
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Pakistan PM, army chief meet president
June 9th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed the overall security of the ... Read more...
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Hold joint session of parliament on Karachi attack: PML-N
May 26th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) The government should hold an "open joint session" of parliament to discuss the terror attack at a key naval base in Karachi, the opposition Pakistan ... Read more...
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We face an historic opportunity in Mideast: Obama
May 20th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 19 (IANS) Laying out his vision for America's role in the Middle East, President Barack Obama Thursday pledged US support for fledgling democracies across the region, saying: ... Read more...
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Pakistan military didn’t interact with US for two days
May 11th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) The Pakistani military "didn't have very good contact" with US forces in Afghanistan for two days following the daring US commando raid in Abbottabad that ... Read more...
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Record sale of Osama posters in Pakistan
May 10th, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) There has been a record sale of posters of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan after the Al Qaeda leader was gunned down in a daring US ... Read more...
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Kayani slams `insufficient formal response’ to Osama raid
May 10th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held a round of town-hall style meetings with officers during which he blamed "an insufficient formal response" for the ... Read more...
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Gilani to address parliament over Osama raid
May 9th, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will address parliament Monday over the US commando raid at Abbottabad in which Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was ... Read more...
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Osama raid was ‘55-45 situation’ for Obama (Lead)
May 9th, 2011 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 9 (IANS) Faced with what he called a "55-45 situation" US President Barack Obama took a calculated risk when he ordered the May 1 commando raid on ... Read more...
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Obama took calculated risk in raiding Osama hideout
May 9th, 2011 - 2:45 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 9 (IANS) US President Barack Obama gave the go-ahead for a raid on the Al Qaeda founder's hideout in Pakistan on "what was probably a 50-50 chance ... Read more...
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Osama affair embarrassing, I may have apologized: Musharraf (Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The presence of Osama bin Laden deep in Pakistan was "embarrassing", said former president Pervez Musharraf, adding he might have apologized for failing to ... Read more...
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Two Britons planned US raid on Osama’s hideout
May 8th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 8 (IANS) Not many may know it, but two British special forces' officers planned the May 2 US commando raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad predicts failure of Mideast talks
September 3rd, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 3 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that this week's Mideast peace talks as well as Israel itself were "doomed to collapse" as millions of Iranians were expected ... Read more...
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Israel will ‘never apologize’ for Gaza flotilla raid
July 5th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, July 5(ANI): Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor has said that the government will never apologize for the commando raid on the international aid convoy to Gaza.Palmor's comments come after ... Read more...
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Turkey threatens to cut ties with Israel
July 5th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, July 5 (DPA) Turkey's foreign minister has warned that diplomatic ties with Israel will be cut in the wake of the recent flotilla crisis unless certain conditions are met, the Turkish ... Read more...
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Turkey insists on international Gaza flotilla investigation
June 14th, 2010 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, June 14 (DPA) Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Monday said Ankara insists on an international commission to investigate the Israeli commando raid on a Gaza aid flotilla that ended in the ... Read more...
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Israel exploring new ways to supply goods to Gaza
June 4th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, June 4 (ANI): Israel has shifted its position on the ongoing blockade on Gaza, saying that it is "exploring new ways" for allowing goods to reach the coastal enclave.The New York ... Read more...
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Israel removes India reference from foreign minister’s speech
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Even as it faced a barrage of global criticism over a commando raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, Israel Wednesday clarified that it regretted the reference to ... Read more...
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Israel deports activists detained from aid flotilla
June 1st, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv/Larnaca (Cyprus), June 1 (DPA) Israel began deporting Tuesday pro-Palestinian activists detained in a naval commando raid on a six ship flotilla bearing aid to the Gaza Strip, after they identified ... Read more...
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UN demands impartial inquiry into Gaza flotilla deaths (Second Lead)
June 1st, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 1 (DPA) The UN Security Council called Tuesday for an impartial inquiry into the Israeli commando raid on a flotilla of aid ships for Gaza, which left nine activists ... Read more...
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Canadian envoy spied for CIA during 1979 Iran revolution
January 24th, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 24 (IANS) A former Canadian ambassador in Iran has revealed that he spied for the CIA after Iranian students took the US embassy hostage in 1979.
Ken Taylor, who served as ... Read more...
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Iran emerges victorious in simulated war games at Tel Aviv University
December 23rd, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv, Dec. 23 (ANI): Due to Obama administration's diplomatic approach to Tehran, Israel, which has been demanding aggressive action against Iran's nuclear facilities, has been left in lurch leaving the Islamic ... Read more...
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